A POEM ABOUT BLUEGILLS There are poems about bluegills. There are poems about trout. The bluegill doesn’t give a shit. It’ll eat a bare hook… Read more “Poem of the Day: David Dodd Lee”
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Poem of the Day: John Rybicki
I AM MAD AND THIS IS HOW I DANCE I wheel my bed into the yard, stand it upright, braced on all sides by ropes.… Read more “Poem of the Day: John Rybicki”
Poem of the Day: Julie Moulds
AFTER READING RUMI I say my prayers upside down, the wind blowing me like a clothespinned robe, my little bat hands curled together. I look… Read more “Poem of the Day: Julie Moulds”
Poem of the Day: Beckian Fritz Goldberg
CROCUS I wanted to stay in the earth: There, I needed no skin—the dark body was all around me. I had no tongue. Above me,… Read more “Poem of the Day: Beckian Fritz Goldberg”
Poem of the Day: Diane Seuss
IT BLOWS YOU HOLLOW It takes your bones to bed, tongues out the marrow. Says it will meet you halfway, a hotel deep in Oklahoma… Read more “Poem of the Day: Diane Seuss”
Jericho Brown: A Poem
Like hail from a blind sky, the body falls. He drinks wine from broken shot glasses and wears a goatee. This is his appearance to some.… Read more “Jericho Brown: A Poem”
Horses, Etc.: The Kinesthetic Nature of Marni Ludwig’s Pinwheel
Typically when I read a poetry collection that is more surreal in nature, I eventually reach some level of disappointment, simply for the reason that the… Read more “Horses, Etc.: The Kinesthetic Nature of Marni Ludwig’s Pinwheel”
Reading Marni Ludwig
AFTER THE GIRL After the girl with the handful of mice and a tiny silver guillotine leaves, we lie down in the dark. You tell… Read more “Reading Marni Ludwig”